This was delicious, and a winning blind for me. Having a baseline on the table definitely helped. Although less sweet and intense, I felt the JM Millot was in the same genre as the Métras, with similar texture, floral lift, minerality, and red fruit profile. It was the difference in fruit sweetness that gave it away as being from greater Burgundy, whereby Pinot Noir usually appears less sweet than Gamay to me. The village was definitely a lot harder to identify which made sense upon the reveal - when in doubt, it’s probably from one of the lesser communes (or Morey lol!). Fine, fresh, and energetic, I would have drank a lot more of it if not for the other wines on the table. Another to revisit.
This was delicious, and a winning blind for me. Having a baseline on the table definitely helped. Although less sweet and intense, I felt the JM Millot was in the same genre as the Métras, with similar texture, floral lift, minerality, and red fruit profile. It was the difference in fruit sweetness that gave it away as being from greater Burgundy, whereby Pinot Noir usually appears less sweet than Gamay to me. The village was definitely a lot harder to identify which made sense upon the reveal - when in doubt, it’s probably from one of the lesser communes (or Morey lol!). Fine, fresh, and energetic, I would have drank a lot more of it if not for the other wines on the table. Another to revisit.
Jun 19th, 2022
Forest like aroma. Juicy and delicious direction. Strawberry, raspberry and plum. 2020 @1600, domaine, 230204
Forest like aroma. Juicy and delicious direction. Strawberry, raspberry and plum. 2020 @1600, domaine, 230204
Feb 4th, 2023Fruity, violet and strawberry. 2019 @1560, domaine - XFLS, 211130
Fruity, violet and strawberry. 2019 @1560, domaine - XFLS, 211130
Dec 5th, 2021
Fruits rouges et noirs, tension et un fruit délicieux en bouche, frais, fin, élégant et avec une belle longueur. 90-91
Fruits rouges et noirs, tension et un fruit délicieux en bouche, frais, fin, élégant et avec une belle longueur. 90-91
Aug 18th, 2021Strawberry and cherry aroma. Sweet, licorice. Concentrated. Enough body. 2018 @1560(1950), domaine, 210314
Strawberry and cherry aroma. Sweet, licorice. Concentrated. Enough body. 2018 @1560(1950), domaine, 210314
Mar 14th, 2021
Côte de Nuits, Burgundy, France
